1. But since the revelation that Salt Lake bid executives wooed IOC members with bribes, no new sponsors have signed on. 2. Defense lawyers for the two Salt Lake City bid executives accused of bribing Olympic officials said Wednesday they found nothing new in the appeal. 3. Defense lawyers for Salt Lake City Olympic bid executives Tom Welch and Dave Johnson said it appeared to be an effort to humiliate them. 4. Earlier Sunday, International Olympic Committee vice president Dick Pound said in Lausanne, Switzerland, that Olympic bid committee executives were done in by their desire to please. 5. Joklik claimed to know nothing about the excesses of bid executives while he served as chairman of the committee. 6. Kelly Flint, an attorney for the SLOC, said the change was prompted by allegations that bid committee executives gave cash payments to IOC members. 7. Leavitt on Thursday also elaborated on a statement that he knew little about the excessive spending on International Olympic Committee members by a few bid executives. |